MTV posted a new interview Jackson Rathbone where they talked about the script of New Moon, the new director, and, what I am REALLY looking forward to: the infamous papercut scene!

When we asked Rathbone about the controversies surrounding new director Chris Weitz replacing “Twilight” filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke, his reply was simple and honest, just like something you might hear from his character Jasper Hale. “Oh, that’s one of those things that’s kind of a whole political side of the acting thing, you know?” he shrugged. “I really don’t know much about [the change in directors]; I’m just an actor. They tell me where to stand and what to say.”

H a p p y 2 4 t h B i r t h d a y

J a c k s o n R a t h b o n e!!

cuz there ain’t no harm,
in a little southern charm.

Happy Birthday Jackson! Everyone here at Spidurmunkey wishes you the best and want to say thank you for the amazing performance you gave in Twilight… always being in pain and such. ;] We hope you have a great birthday and we can’t wait to see your wonderful performance in New Moon

IT’S hard to believe, but Robert Pattinson isn’t the only dreamboat in Twilight. What makes this fast-rising 24-year-old actor even more of a dream is that he was born in Singapore and lived in Jakarta as a child. So close, yet so far – especially since he’s based in Los Angeles now, but calls Midland, Texas, home.

In Twilight, Rathbone plays Jasper Hale, Alice Cullen’s twitchy vampire soulmate who has the ability to control the emotions of people around him and is a latecomer to the Cullen family’s ‘vegetarian’ lifestyle. For his role, the colourblind 1.7m-tall heart-throb had to bleach his naturally curly brown hair blond and wear coloured contacts.

Rathbone has been acting professionally for a few years, appearing in TV shows like Beautiful People, The OC and Close To Home. Most recently, he played a hippie jailbird in the Rob Schneider comedy, Big Stan, and has the Donnie Darko sequel, S Darko, in the can. He’s also been in London shooting the Clive Barker horror film, Dread, and has been cast in M Night Shyamalan’s live-action adaptation of animation series The Last Airbender.

But for the next few months, he’ll be busy pursuing his musical career. Rathbone and his jazz/rock band 100 Monkeys are set to release its first EP and full-length album, and will have a regular gig at the LA bar 24K Lounge. Naturally, it didn’t take long for the guitarist to get a semi-regular jam session going with his musically inclined Twilight castmates. He told Teen Vogue magazine: ‘Nikki (Reed) and I started writing songs together, and Kristen (Stewart) is actually a pretty sick guitar player. Rob (Pattinson) and I even did a couple of local open mic nights.‘

Like Greene, Rathbone is signed up for the next two movie sequels, New Moon and Eclipse.

Hey guys! So the awesome staff over at Third Epiphany have an awesome idea of how to put Twilight back at the top in the box office! Now, we’ve all noticed the unfortunate rapid fall of the box office numbers since Twilight’s first week of release. However, we’d love to put out an opportunity for every Twilighter out there to make a statement.

What is that statement? Well, that Twilight rocks! Here’s what you need to do: Get to the movie theaters on December 12th, the original release date of the movie, and watch Twilight. All of you! If this works out and everyone really takes it to heart, maybe we can bring Twilight to the top of the box office again before it’s out of theaters… forever. Think about it. We can make a supreme movie comeback!

Grab all your friends and family, and get to the theaters on December 12th,
2008! Tell all your friends, and hop to it! Make your dedication to our
beloved saga known!